Simon II (High Priest)
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Simon II was a Jewish High Priest
during the time of the Second Temple
. He was the son of Onias II
. Some identify him with Simeon the Just
.
Kohen Gadol
The High Priest was the chief religious official of Israelite religion and of classical Judaism from the rise of the Israelite nation until the destruction of the Second Temple of Jerusalem...
during the time of the Second Temple
Second Temple
The Jewish Second Temple was an important shrine which stood on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem between 516 BCE and 70 CE. It replaced the First Temple which was destroyed in 586 BCE, when the Jewish nation was exiled to Babylon...
. He was the son of Onias II
Onias II
Onias II was the son of Simon the Just. He was still a minor when his father died, so that his uncle Eleazar, and after him the latter's uncle Manasseh, officiated as high priests before he himself succeeded to that dignity...
. Some identify him with Simeon the Just
Simeon the Just
Simeon the Just was a Jewish High Priest during the time of the Second Temple...
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